New chapter. Finally. We finally get to a chapter where there is a little action. We also to get to see more of the bad guys. By the way I am going to say this ahead of time my bad guys will be a mix of characters from both shows and some original characters.

November 27, 2010 I have heavily edited this chapter. I highly recomend rereading it.

Chapter 2: The Injured Boy

-Raven's POV-

The boy known as Danny Fenton laid their; unconscious and unmoving except for his chest which moved with his breathing. He had cuts and bruises all over his body. But aside from that he had no life threatning or serious injuries.

Every aspect of it was suspicious in Raven's mind. He was supposedly on the edge of town where he was not hit by the explosion. But, where did these injuries come from. She looked at Robin and realized that he had noticed that as well.

"If he was on the edge of town when the explosion occured then where did he get those injuries?" Robin asked.

"We honestly don't know," was the reply from Lieutenant Johnson, "all we know is that he survived the explosion and that he was at the edge of town."

Raven noticed that the strange energy she had been feeling since she felt the explosion was stronger than ever in this tent. She looked at the boy and wondered if this boy was not in the explosion then why was the strange energy all over him. If that energy was what she believed it was than she had a feeling where it came from; and if she was right than they needed to get this boy somewhere safe fast.

Raven looked at the agent; she knew he was hiding things from them. She also knew that this boy held answers to many questions. She had wanted to wait until they had gotten Danny Fenton back to Titans Tower before doing a medical exam but now she wanted to do it as soon as possible. Because the sooner they started the sooner they could get answers.

Raven thought about the consequences of both decisions. If they waited until they got back to the tower then they could be putting Danny Fenton's life in danger from any injury they didn't know about; after all this entire situation was weird enought he could have injuries they have never seen before, there was also Johnson and his mysterious associates, they could have put some kind of device on the boy. They would also be brining someone they knew nothing about to their tower.

But, what if she did examine him here, then Johnson would hear everything she told the others. Anything strange she found, anything that could answer their questions would become known to these strangers. She frowned; if these people were enemies then they could already be in danger.

Raven made a decision; she looked once again at the so called FBI agent and asked, "Do you mind if I take a closer look at him?"

"No, go ahead but I should warn you his injuries are a little strange," he responded with his usual cautious tone.

She walked over to the unconscious boy; his chest rising and falling with his breathing. As she got closer she was shocked by something that she realized just now about him. His face was so peaceful, as if the explosion had never happened and he was just getting some sleep. She felt calmer when looking at his face, almost at peace. It was a feeling she usually only got when she was meditating, but somehow this boy managed to stir it inside of her.

Wait, a minute hear, what am I doing. I am supposed to be giving him a medical exam. I don't have time to examine a boy's face.

She began to examine his injuries. As she examined them she realized something, the supposed FBI agent was right, his injuries were not normal at all. There were cuts and bruises all right, but there were strange first degree burn marks. The burn marks all had a slightly green tone to them; just like the explosion. But, to her relief she saw that there were no listening or tracking devices on him. There also didn't seem to be any injuries that would be a problem if they transported him to the tower now.

"Robin, we need to…" she started to say, but she stopped herself. Could they really bring a stranger into their tower; the boy was raising enough mysterious as it is, could they actually trust him. They had brought people to their tower before and they ended up regretting it. Are they only repeating their mistakes?

"We need to take him to Titan's Tower for protection," stated Cyborg taking the decision out of Raven's hands.

"Protection from what?" Johnson asked with confusion in his voice, "who would go after a teenage boy?" Everyone was getting more suspicious by the minute.

Raven noticed that the man was genuinely confused about Danny, he genuinly did not know anything about him. It's probably better that he dosn't find anything else about him. After all she already knew he couldn't be trusted. She began to wonder if Danny knew more about these people.

Raven finally made a decision, one she was sure they might end up regretting. She leaned over to the masked Titan and said, "Robin, we must not answer any of Johnson's questions. Cyborg is right, we have to get this guy to Titan's Tower and keep a very close eye on him."

Robin nodded; she only hoped that he understood that the boy could not be trusted. She also hoped he understood that nobody in the area could be trusted either including Johnson. The Titans put the boy on a strecher so they could safely move him. While doing so however, Raven felt it again, like she was being watched by something sinister. Whatever it was it was interested in Danny, but why?

The Titans proceeded to take the boy to the T-Plane and to prepare to go back to Titan's Tower. But what Raven didn't realize was that the strange being watching them wasn't the only thing she should be worried about. There were three others that were also watching and each had plans of their own.

-Vlad's POV-

"So the Teen Titans intend to take Daniel to Jump City," a voice said. The man watched from his camera bugs that he had sent to find Danny.

This man was one of the richest men on the planet. He owned various companies and he was well respected. He had mansions all over the country, he had access to limitless resources, and he could get anything anybody would ever want. But, no matter what he did he could not get what he wanted most in the world.

He had tried over and over again to get the thing he craved most, but no matter what he did he could never acquire it.

"The Teen Titans will not interfere with my plans!" he snarled banging his fist onto the table in front of him in frustration. He would crush the Titans and claim Daniel as his own son and apprentice. He would send ghosts to deal with them. There were many ghosts he could hire to deal with these teenagers that called themselves heroes. As far as he knew the Titans did not have any anti-ghost weapons or any experience fighting ghosts at all.

But before he could think of which ghost he would send an idea occurred to him. He realized that this was a great opportunity to destroy Daniel's trust in people all together; he could begin teaching Daniel right now. He wanted to shape Daniel into the perfect son and heir; he didn't need to have Daniel living with him in order to start his education. He chuckled Daniel's education had begun when they had first met. Daniel had used Vlad's love of Maddie against him. Daniel had even learned a great deal from this explosion, heroics and good deeds are meaningless. Daniel had endlessly tried to use his powers for good and now he had lost everything.

Vlad thought about his life and compared it to Daniel's. Daniel's life up to this point had been far easier than his. At least Daniel didn't get ecto-acne. He also was lucky enought to have time with the people he loved. Vlad had not been that lucky. However now that Daniel had lost everything they were on equal footing.

He sat down and began to think about how he could make the Teen Titans destroy Daniel's trust in people. Then it occurred to him, if the Teen Titans befriended him and then betrayed him when they realized he was part ghost Daniel would be devastated. To have people he comes to see as friends attack him and reject him would destroy him. A smile formed on his face; he would enjoy teaching Daniel this lesson a great deal.

He called for the vulture ghosts. "I need you to do a little job…"

-Slade's POV-

The masked man watched the Teen Titans move the boy to their T-Plane. A cold chuckle emitted from his mask. Everything was going according to plan.

He thought about what he was seeing; here was the greatest group of teenage superheroes, the same heroes that had given him so much trouble, transporting an incredibly powerful ghost-human hybrid to their T-Plane and they have no idea what the boy is or what he was capable of. They had no idea that the boy had the power to destroy entire cities. He laughed; they had no idea that they were taking this creature back to their home.

All of the sudden his laughing was interrupted by a fit of coughing; he fell over and started shaking. His whole body went numb and his vision blurred. This fit lasted for about a minute but eventually he recovered and was able to get off the ground. As he tried to get up he stagered a bit, it took a bit but eventually he was able to stand again. But he wavered and had to lean on a rock in order to steady himself.

He had been having these mysterious fits for a few days. Each time they lasted a little longer than the last one. But, it was nothing to worry about, it was probably just a result of his lack of sleep and for being underground for so long. A few days of rest and some fresh air and he would be just fine. Or at least that's what he thought.

-Clockwork's POV-

Deep in the Ghost Zone, at a clock tower another being was also watching these events unfold. This was no ordinary being however. He floated holding a staff with a clock on top and he also wore a purple cloak; he changed from a child to an adult to an old man, then back to a child again. He was Clockwork the master of time; he could see the past, the present, and the future. He could see all possibilities as well. But even then, he could not stop every terrible thing that happened. He could only help people try to fix it.

As he watched the events unfold. Two other beings appeared behind him; these two beings had only one eye each and floated off the ground. They were the observant, beings who watched the events in both worlds but had sworn an oath to never interfere, but that did not stop them from having Clockwork interfere.

He knew why they were here and he knew how this conversation was going to end. "So, you have heard the news about Amity Park?" asked the master of time.

"Of course we have!" they snarled, "what have you done? You should have known this was going to happen. Wait," realization dawned on the two of them, "of course you knew this was going to happen from the very beginning. YOU KNEW BUT YOU ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN ANYWAY! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!"

The Observants had never sounded angrier. Clockwork however knew this had to be done no matter what. However he still felt guilt, he knew what was going to happen, and he knew that the ghost child's suffering had only begun. Before the end, Danny Phantom was going to face trials that would destroy most ghosts and humans. But, Clockwork knew that Daniel would triumph. Daniel would once again defy all logic and if Clockwork was right, which he always was, the ghost child would be rewarded beyond his wildest dreams.

"There was no way to save Amity Park and the two of you know that…"

"That is not the point Clockwork, the point is that while you float their so calmly, both worlds are in danger. Do you realize…"

"I know," Clockwork interrupted with a bit of force in his voice, "But this was inevitable, even if I had stopped the explosion it would have simply delayed the inevitable; but don't worry things have already been set in motion to stop it."

He looked through the window in time and watched the world's only hope being carried by the Teen Titans. He knew what Danny was capable of and he knew what Danny was going to do during his long life.

"You mean the boy? What could he possibly do to stop him? He is a powerful boy, there is no doubt about that, but I doubt even he could do anything…"

The ghost of time sighed and interrupted them once again, "You are just going to have to trust me, I know what I'm doing." He turned and watched as the boy they were discussing was loaded onto the T-Plane and spoke with almost a whisper, "Everything will be just fine ghost child."

-Robin's POV-

As the Titans moved Danny to the T-Plane they all had a great deal of questions on their minds. None of them spoke a word as they moved toward the T-Plane. When they reached the T-Plane one of them finally broke the silence.

"Do you think this guy has some idea what caused the explosion Robin," asked Beastboy.

"I'm not sure, but that is only of the questions we need answers to," replied the boy wonder, "We need to figure out who called us as well."

Beastboy turned around and asked, "What do you mean?"

Cyborg answered with, "BB think about it; we receive a call from someone who claims to be from the FBI and tells us that there is a survivor in a ruined city, but when we arrive a FBI agent tells us that they have just found him and haven't reported him yet. The person on the phone also said there are people after him, but the agent didn't know that much about him. He also seemed scared of something and he looked very nervous when talking to us like he didn't trust us. I wouldn't say that it's unlikely that he was lying to us."

"Someone called us but it was not the FBI and it probably wasn't even a government agency," added Raven with a very dark look on her face.

"The question is what is their interest in Danny?" wondered Robin. Robin looked back at the ruins of the city; this was easily one of the most horrifying things he had ever seen and he had seen a lot. Robin's blood was boiling with anger. Whoever was responsible for this would pay, he would make sure of that.

Something then occurred to Robin. He looked at Danny and realized that Danny may not even know about the explosion. His friends and family were gone; if he didn't know then he would be devestated when they told him. To lose someone you love is bad enough, but to lose everyone you know. Robin felt a great deal of pity for Danny, he also felt a large amount of anger filling up inside of him. Someone had slautered all of these people and destroyed an innocent boy's life.

Robin looked over at where the strange people whering white were working. Who were they and why where they here? He hoped Danny gave them answers. He already knew he couldn't trust Johnson, it was only logical that the other agents couldn't be trusted either.

He looked over at Raven; she looked worried and Raven really let her emotions show. Something had her scared and he knew she wouldn't talk about it untill she was ready. He also knew that she didn't trust Danny, he admitedly didn't trust him either. He did feel sorry for him however but he couldn't let that interfere with his judgement.

-Raven's POV-

Raven stared out at the ruins of the city. She wondered could that slime really be… If it was than it would explain a few things. But, there was something nagging her; the strange evil force she had felt when the explosion had occured. She wondered if it was something from another dimension. If her theory about the slime was correct than there was no doubt about it. She really hoped she was wrong because if she was right than this was about to get even more complicated.

Her line of thought was interrupted by Starfire, "Friend Raven you said you had a theory about what happened."

"Yes," the half-demon sorceress replied, "the slime we found is called ectoplasm it is…"

"Wait," Robin interrupted, "we don't know who is listening; wait to tell us more until we get back to Titan's Tower."

Raven nodded her response. Robin was right there was someone trying to manipulate them and they didn't need to give away what they knew if someone was watching. With that said she still wondered who was this boy.

"All right now how are we going to handle the seating arrangement?" asked Cyborg. Everyone realized that they had a problem because there are only five seats and they had six people that needed to be transported.

Then Raven felt a strange presence; a presence that was completely different than anything she had felt before. It felt like the energy but it was moving and it was getting closer. It felt like an echo, something that was there but is no longer there. She looked up and she saw three vultures closing in. At first she thought they were only there to feed on the corpses, but then she noticed that the vultures were green and they were glowing. She then realized what that feeling she was getting from them was and she also realized what they were.

She understood exactly what they were. She also noticed that they were closing in very quickly.

"EVERYONE GET DOWN!" she screamed.

Everyone dropped to the ground just as they flew over their heads. But the birds quickly turned and were closing in for a second attack. However this time the Titans were ready for them and they dodged.

"Why are those birds attacking us," asked Cyborg.

"They're not just birds their ghosts," was Raven's reply.

Everyone froze and looked at her with stunned looks on their faces. Then they all looked at each other like they were checking to see if they had heard her correctly.

"Did you just say ghosts?" Cyborg asked Raven with raised eyebrows.

"No time to explain just get aboard the T-Plane we can't fight them."

"Oh yes we can," Robin replied, "Titans go."

"NO ROBIN DON'T!" Raven screamed but she was too late.

Robin three disks at the vultures but they passed right through to his surprise. Starfire attempted to shoot them with her starbolts but they passed through them as well. The vultures came in for another pass this time slamming into Cyborg, who was trying to shoot them with his sonic cannon, he was sent flying and landed on his back.

One of the vultures grabbed Beastboy and lifted him into the air, but Beastboy quickly turned into an elephant causing the Vulture to let go, only for another vulture to slam into Beastboy sending him back into his human form.

No matter what the Titans did they could not harm the vultures. But they all knew that these creatures may have a connection to the town's fate. The destruction of the town and the mass murder of so many people had put all of them in a rage and they all wanted to take it out on someone. Unfortunately the ones they were taking it out on happen to be ghosts.

Raven watched in horror as the Titans were easily defeated. She looked over where Cyborg had left Danny. He was safely near the T-Plane. Raven wondered if the ones after Danny were ghosts. No, there was no question about it. Ghosts were the enemies and Danny was the target.

The boy would have a lot of questions to answer we he woke up. She quickly moved him to her seat on the plane, so she could read his mind later and hopefully get some answers.

Then she turned and chanted, "Azarath Metrion Zinthos," and created a dark barrier between the Titans and the vultures. The barrier stopped the vultures, but she knew that was all they could hope for now.

"Listen to me," Raven cried, "we can't win this fight we need to run for it!" This time everyone listened. Everyone quickly boarded the plane to leave. While boarding Raven felt like she was being watched once again. Something malevelont was watching them and she knew it was connected with the explosion.

"Where is the kid?" Cyborg asked.

"I've got him don't worry, he can ride with me besides I want to read his mind, I have a hunch we might find answers there."

With that the T-Plane took off and made a bee line to Titans tower. Raven looked at the boy she shared a seat with. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and things had never been more desperate for the Teen Titans.

All right. That's another chapter done, now I know that the action was not all that great, I just wanted to make it clear that the Titans were nearly powerless against ghosts. Also Danny still snoozing but when he starts throwing punches (which will not be for a while) the action will really heat up. Also don't forget the scene between Clockwork and the Observants and no they were not talking about Dark Danny he will not appear in this story. Although he may appear in one of the sequels done the road somewhere. Wow this was a long chapter. If your wondering about what is happening to Slade you will have to wait a while but I have a few twists planned ahead. You could probably take a good guess about what is going on right now.